Items related to Freedom of the press

Tawfiq Okasha, owner of Phara'een channel, is greeted by one of his proponents during press conference, Giza, 29 August 2012.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Apr 2013
Controversial talk show host Tawfiq Okasha, owner of the private Al-Faraeen satellite channel, was acquitted on charges...
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Apr 2013
The US Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday posted an episode of the Daily Show in which the show's host, well-known...
Egypt Independent
AFP
02 Apr 2013
Egyptian popular satirist Bassem Youssef said late on Monday that Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah is currently...
Al-Masry Al-Youm 31 Mar 2013
TV host and prominent political satirist Bassem Youssef has been released on LE15,000 bail after reporting to the...
Al-Fagr photojournalist Al-Husseini Abu Deif
Virginie Nguyen 31 Mar 2013
"No photo, no story" read one poster carried by one of many photojournalists at a protest held on 19 March in...
Egypt Independent
Al-Masry Al-Youm
25 Mar 2013
  Hundreds of Islamist protesters returned to Media Production City Monday to continue surrounding the facilities...
Egypt Independent 24 Mar 2013
The Journalists Syndicate decided Saturday to distribute special uniforms to journalists covering clashes, in order to...
MENA 04 Mar 2013
Comedian Bassem Youssef has been accused of defaming President Mohamed Morsy in a lawsuit filed by 12 individuals....
Radio and Television Building in Cairo
Al-Masry Al-Youm 19 Feb 2013
A human rights watchdog filed a lawsuit Monday against the information minister, the chairman of the Board of Trustees...
File photo showing Ibrahim Eissa, Chief Editor of the opposition daily Al-Dostour newspaper, June 9, 2007.
MENA 11 Feb 2013
The prosecution on Monday released prominent journalist Ibrahim Eissa after hearing his testimony in a case against him...